German Perspectives

German contains a lot of wonderfully descriptive words, easy
to remember, because they are so colorful and, well, true! Who would not, for
instance, love a “glow pear” (die Glühbirne, lightbulb) or put on her “hand
shoes” (die Handschuhe, gloves), in winter?

The German online newsletter The Week in Germany in fact has
a rubric for such words. Check it out! this week's word is the “filling puller.”